Toy pistol.



P. T. PEDERSON.

TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1912.

1,030,532. Patented June 25,1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PEDER T. I-EDERSON, 0F WILLOW LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF'IO HANS A. BEKSTAD, 0F WILLOW LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

TOY PISTOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PEDER T. PEDERsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Willow Lake, in the county of Clark and State of SouthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToyPistols; and I do hereby declare the fol.- lowing to be a full, clear,and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to toy pistols for discharging peas, shot orpellets, by means of a spring; and it consists in the novel constructionand combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the pistol, constructedaccording to this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a frontend view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the barrel taken onthe line m-m in Fig. 2, and showing the plunger retracted. Fig. 5 is across-section taken on the line g z in Fig. 2.

The barrel 2 of the pistol is formed on or secured to the front part ofa frame 3. A suitable handle 4 pro ects downwardly from the rear endportion of the frame. The frame has a channel-shaped guide-bar 5 at itslower part and the front end port-ion of this bar extends under thebarrel and has external grooves 6 in its sides where it oins onto thebarrel.

Slots 7 are formed in the sides of the frame longitudinally of thebarrel, and a longitudinal slot 8 is formed in the top of the frame. Arecess 9 is formed in the lower part of the frame, and has a catchshoulder 10 at its front end where it joins onto the channel-shapedguide, and 11 is the trigger which is pivoted on a pin 12 and arrangedto work in the recess 9. The trigger is a small bell-crank lever, and ithas a rearwardly projecting member 14 at its upper art.

P A plunger 15 is slidable in the barrel 2, and has a guide block 16 onits rear end. This guide block has a catch shoulder 17 on its lowerfront edge, and when the plunger is retracted this shoulder engages withthe shoulder 10.

A spring 18, formed of a band or strip of india rubber, is arranged inthe grooves 6 at the sides of the barrel. The front end of the spring issecured in a notch 19 at the front end of the bar 5, and its rear endportion passes through the slots 7 and engages with a notch 20 in therear end of the block 16, a little above the level of the grooves 6.

The plunger slides loosely in the barrel, and it and the block are madeof such a length that they can be placed in position through the slot 8before the spring is secured in place.

The upper part of the block 16 works in the slot 8, and forms aprojection 21 for retracting the plunger. When the plunger is retractedby hand, the downward pull of the inclined portions of the spring causesthe shoulder 17 to engage with the shoulder 10. When the trigger ispulled, the part 14 raises the guide block, and disengages theshoulders, and the pea or shot is discharged from the barrel by theplunger and spring.

What I claim is:

In a toy pistol, the combination, with a frame having a rectangularguide channel provided with longitudinal slots in its sides, said framehaving a recess or slot extending vertically through it below the rearpart of the guide channel, and having also a barrel at its front end; ofa plunger slidable in the barrel and having at its rear end a metangular block which is slidable in the said guide channel and adaptedto engage with the upper part of the said recess, a spring band worklngin the said longitudinal slots and operating to propel the plunger andblock, and a trigger pivoted in the said recess with its lower partprojecting from the bottom end thereof and adapted torelease the saidblock.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

PEDER T. PEDERSON.

Witnesses:

J. E. AOKERMAN, J. INLAY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

